Configuring the System Time Using the Network Time Protocol

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Configuring the To configure the system time of the Webcache using the Network Time

System Time Using Protocol, you must enter the following information in the Getting Started

the Network Time wizard or Time Configuration command in the Web interface:

Protocol

1Select a timezone from the options in the Timezone drop-down list.

The Webcache automatically performs daylight savings adjustments according to the timezone that you have selected.

2Choose Network Time Protocol by clicking the appropriate radio button.

3Enter the IP address of the NTP server that you want to use in the NTP Server IP Address field.

Configuring the

To manually configure the system time of the Webcache, you must enter

System Time

the following information in the Getting Started wizard or Time

Manually

Configuration command in the Web interface:

1Select a timezone from the options in the Timezone drop-down list.

The Webcache automatically performs daylight savings adjustments according to the timezone that you have selected.

2Choose Manual Time Configuration by clicking the appropriate radio button.

3Enter the current day, month, year and the current time (in 24 hour clock format) in the appropriate fields.

4Click Apply Now as soon as you have manually entered this information to ensure the greatest accuracy. You cannot click Next until you have done this.

System Time and

When the system time of the Webcache is set manually, all of the current

Performance

Performance Graphs are reset and all previous graph history is lost. You

Graphs

should therefore only change the system time when it is absolutely

 

necessary. The following system time changes affect the Performance

 

Graphs in this way:

 

■ The system time is manually configured.

 

■ The system time is changed from Network Time Protocol to Manual

 

Time Configuration, or vice versa.

 

■ The IP address of the Network Time Protocol server is changed.